EDITOR,

I was taken back by the letter, “Slow down in my neighborhood,” in Thursday’s paper from a mother who thought she had speeders in her neighborhood because of the lower-income housing. I live in a middle-class neighborhood and have a small child, too. I have tried to stop the speeders in front of my home. 

I called the city of Tracy and asked for speed bumps, but the city officials said no because of the threat of lawsuits. Instead, they put the speed-limit trailer on the street, but that didn’t help. I asked that the speed limit be lowered, and once again they said no. I finally bought the plastic signs that hold a warning flag to force drivers to slow down, and so far that works the best.

When asking drivers to slow down, I have been cursed at, threatened and yelled at — or drivers just go faster to really upset me.

The writer of Thursday’s letter needs to look at the whole picture and stop playing the victim. People speed everywhere — freeways, neighborhoods, parking lots and near schools. The letter should have just read, “Tracy residents, please slow down and respect each other.”

K. Cleary, Tracy